Herb Alpert & Lani Hall – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA – April 23, 2018 World Café Live took a Tijuana taxi south of the border the other night when legendary trumpeter Herb Alpert and his long-time wife Lani Hall (who used to be the lead singer of Sergio Mendes and Brazil ‘66) shared … Continue reading
Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management – Fort Adams State Park – Newport, RI – August 4-6, 2017 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures! Photos by Ross Edmond © 2017 Continue reading
XPoNential Music Festival – BB&T Pavilion & Wiggins Waterfront Park & Marina – Camden, NJ – July 28-30, 2017 Mother nature kept threatening to spoil the party – there were flash flood warnings both Friday night and Saturday – but even mother nature could not stand to stop the music. There were a few drizzles … Continue reading
Alejandro Escovedo & The Minus 5 – World Café Live – Philadelphia, PA – January 8, 2017 On Sunday, January 8, Philadelphia was treated to one of the finest rock shows to be witnessed during all of 2017. Alejandro Escovedo rode into town to celebrate his rocking 2016 record Burn Something Beautiful. He brought along … Continue reading
WHAT HAPPENED MISS SIMONE? (2016) Featuring Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Shackman, George Wein, Stanley Crouch, Dick Gregory, Ilyasah Shabazz, Ambassador Shabazz, Gerrit De Bruin and archival footage of Nina Simone. Screenplay by Liz Garbus. Directed by Liz Garbus. Distributed by Netflix. 92 minutes. Rated PG-13. Jazz chanteuse Nina Simone always somehow felt too … Continue reading
Master Bassist Robert Miller Makes Project Grand Slam His Mission by Brad Balfour With his dark shades and black/white garb on stage, master bassist Robert Miller seems like a cool cat out of a 1950s Hollywood casting of a jazz musician. But he’s much more than that. The 60-ish player is leader of Robert Miller’s … Continue reading
Lucy Woodward & Project Grand Slam – Tin Angel – Philadelphia, PA – August 11, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized photos. Photos by Jay S. Jacobs © 2016 Continue reading
XPoNential Music Festival – BB&T Pavilion & Wiggins Waterfront Park & Marina – Camden, NJ – July 22, 23 & 24, 2016 (Another PopEntertainment.com Concert Photo Album) Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures. Photos by Chris Sikich © 2016 Continue reading
Mavis Staples, Low Cut Connie, The Districts, David Wax Museum, Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Record Company – WXPN XPoNential Music Festival – Wiggins Waterfront Park & Marina – Camden, NJ – July 23 & 24, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures. Photos by @Jay S. Jacobs © 2016 Continue reading
Athfest 2016 – Athens, GA – June 23-26, 2016 Click on thumbnails to see full-sized pictures. Photos by Chris Sikich © 2016. Continue reading
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